{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prior-rights-of-surviving-spouse-scotland-order-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prior-rights-of-surviving-spouse-scotland-order-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse (Scotland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prior-rights-of-surviving-spouse-scotland-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUCCESSION, SCOTLAND\nMade 17th February 1999\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 1999\nComing into force 1st April 1999\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8(1) and (3) and 9(1) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 41; sections 8 and 9 were amended by the Succession (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 25), section 1(1); section 9 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 70), section 3 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2, the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55), section 4 and the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9), Schedule 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/445/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:18.993681+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}